Twenty-six of the 55 awards AMP bestowed this year were first-place awards that moved on to the NFPW
National awards:
Graphics
3rd: Savannah Bullard, WVUA 23 News, Wings Over Courtland
Page Design - Newspaper
2nd: Savannah Bullard , The Crimson White, Dance Alabama Culture Spread
Specialty Articles - Green/Environmental
HM: Solomon Crenshaw, Jr., SCJr Content Providers, Toxic: Life in the shadows of major pollution sources
Specialty Articles - Personal essay
1st: Meredith Cummings, SPJ Quill magazine, What I learned in my great American newsroom trip
Specialty Articles - Travel
1st: Meredith Cummings, Medium, I just drove 10,000 miles and visited dozens of newsrooms to chronicle journalism in America. Here’s what I learned.
Photographer-writer
3rd: Meredith Cummings, Medium, I just drove 10,000 miles and visited dozens of newsrooms to chronicle journalism in America. Here’s what I learned.
Social Media Presence - Nonprofit, Government, Educational
1st: Meredith Cummings and Savannah Bullard, Alabama Scholastic Press Association, Alabama Scholastic Press Association social media presence
Feature Story - Magazine, newsletter or other non-newspaper publication
2nd: Verna Gates, Birmingham Magazine, Fiercest Football Rivalries
Interview (Radio or Television)
2nd: Verna Gates, Birmingham Magazine, Dog Detection
Social Media Presence - Corporate or For Profit
HM: Lisa Hall, Bell Media LLC, Birmingham Minimally Invasive blog post
Specialty Articles - Arts and entertainment
3rd: Alec Harvey, Alabama NewsCenter, Alabama’s Patti Callahan Henry turns to historical fiction in new work about C.S. Lewis’ wife
Specialty Articles - Hobby, crafts, building, designing, construction
1st: Alec Harvey, Alabama NewsCenter, Alabama vintage airplane restorer enjoys taking it to new heights
Specialty Articles - Science or Technology
3rd: Olivia McMurrey, UAB School of Optometry annual report, Dealing with Dry Eye
State-level awards:
News Story - Online Publication
1st: Savannah Bullard, WVUA23, Alabama Journalism Classes Will Monitor Election Issues Tuesday
Continuing coverage or unfolding news
2nd: Savannah Bullard, WVUA23, Authorities, Community Respond to CBD Oil Crackdown; CBD Store Reopens in Northport
Feature Story - Magazine, newsletter or other non-newspaper publication
1st: Verna Gates, Birmingham Magazine, Fiercest Football Rivalries
Feature Story - Online Publication
1st: Alec Harvey, Alabama NewsCenter, A family’s quest: Col. Pete Stewart, shot down in Vietnam 52 years ago, finally coming home
2nd: Solomon Crenshaw, Jr., Birmingham barber Vincent Oliver lived a life a cut above
3rd: Savannah Bullard, WVUA23, Teen with Autism Granted Sports Dream through Nonprofit
Personality profile - More than 500 words
1st: Alec Harvey, Alabama NewsCenter, Former Miss Alabama sees daughters competing for Miss Alabama, Tony Award
Specialty Articles - Arts and entertainment
1st: Alec Harvey, Alabama NewsCenter, Specialty Articles - Arts and entertainment
2nd: Verna Gates, Birmingham Magazine Birmingham's Eclectic Beat
Specialty Articles - Education
1st: Solomon Crenshaw, Jr., A&M’s Vernon Moland Jr.: Handling business on and off the field
2nd: Olivia McMurrey, Helping hands
Specialty Articles - Food
1st: Alec Harvey, Alabama NewsCenter, David Bancroft, ‘Iron Chef’ winner and chef at Auburn’s Acre, plans second restaurant
Specialty Articles - Government or Politics
1st: Solomon Crenshaw, Jr., Jefferson County’s ‘Blue Wave:’ How the First Black Sheriff and District Attorney Won Election
Specialty Articles - Green/Environmental
1st: Solomon Crenshaw, Jr., Toxic: Life in the shadows of major pollution sources
2nd: Olivia McMurrey, First-World Problem?
3rd: Verna Gates, Birmingham Magazine, Ruffner Mountain seeks to protect native bat population
Specialty Articles - History
1st: Alec Harvey, This is Alabama, Only one person has been hit by a meteorite — and it happened in Oak Grove, Alabama
2nd: Verna Gates, Birmingham Magazine, Kiwanis Celebrates 100 Years, Builds New Trail at Vulcan
Specialty Articles - Hobby, crafts, building, designing, construction
1st: Alec Harvey, Alabama NewsCenter, Alabama vintage airplane restorer enjoys taking it to new heights
Specialty Articles - Personal essay
1st: Meredith Cummings, What I learned in my great American newsroom trip
Specialty Article - Physical health (fitness, diet, clean lifestyle)
1st: Olivia McMurrey, Hope for the Myopia Generation
Specialty Articles – Religion
1st: Savannah Bullard, WVUA23, Christian Business Owners Marry Faith with their Careers
Specialty Articles - Science or Technology
1st: Olivia McMurrey, Dealing with Dry Eye
Specialty Articles - Social Issues
1st: Olivia McMurrey, Taking it to Congress
Specialty Articles - Sports
1st: Verna Gates, Birmingham Magazine, Fiercest Football Rivalries
HM: Solomon Crenshaw, Jr., Miles College Coach Reginald Ruffin weathered storms, has heart of champion
Specialty Articles - Travel
1st: Meredith Cummings, I just drove 10,000 miles and visited dozens of newsrooms to chronicle journalism in America. Here’s what I learned.
2nd: Alec Harvey, Alabama NewsCenter, Fair winds and following seas: Alabama woman embarks on sailing adventure from Germany to Gulf Shores
3rd: Verna Gates, Birmingham Magazine, We're not in Kansas anymore ...
Photo essay
1st: Joseph De Sciose, A Not So Secret Garden
Photographer/writer
1st: Meredith Cummings, I just drove 10,000 miles and visited dozens of newsrooms to chronicle journalism in America. Here’s what I learned.
Graphics
1st: Savannah Bullard, WVUA23, Wings Over Courtland
2nd: The Long Weekend summer camp promotional flyer/poster, Meredith Cummings and Savannah Bullard
Page Design - Newspaper
1st: Dance Alabama Culture Spread, The Crimson White, Savannah Bullard
2nd: AL Swimming Sports Spread, The Crimson White, Savannah Bullard
On-the-scene report (news, features or sports) - Radio
3rd: Donna Francavilla, Alberto bears down on Alabama
Prepared report (news, features, sports or opinion) - Radio
2nd: Donna Francavilla, Alabama Primary Elections
Special Programing - Radio
HM: Donna Francavilla, Civil Rights in Birmingham
Interview (Radio or Television)
1st: Verna Gates, Birmingham Magazine, Dog Detection
Website Edited/Managed by Entrant - Nonprofit, Government, Educational
3rd: Meredith Cummings and Savannah Bullard, Alabama Scholastic Press Association website
Website Edited/Managed by Entrant - Corporate or For Profit
1st: Tina Tidmore, Radiostics Website
2nd: Tina Tidmore, Shel-Clair Farms Website
Blogs - Corporate or For Profit
HM: Jared Jones, Bell Media, Pepper Johnstone blog post
Blogs - Personal
1st: Jane Falany, Our accessible Mediterranean vacation (Part 1)
2nd: Tina Tidmore, Lessons Learned about Death in America Blogpost
3rd: Tina Tidmore, Touch Downs Will Win the Game
Social Media Campaign - Nonprofit, Government, Educational
3rd: Meredith Cummings and Savannah Bullard
Personal Website
1st: Tina Tidmore, Tidmore Communications Website
2nd: Meredith Cummings personal website, Meredith Cummings and Savannah Bullard
3rd: Jane Newton Henry, author, Jane Falany
Social Media Presence - Nonprofit, Government, Educational
1st: Meredith Cummings and Savannah Bullard, Alabama Scholastic Press Association social media presence
Social Media Presence - Corporate or For Profit
1st: Lisa Hall, Bell Media LLC, Birmingham Minimally Invasive blog post
2nd: Tina Tidmore, ACE Plumbing Service Facebook Page
Electronic Newsletter - Nonprofit, Government, Educational
1st: Meredith Cummings and Savannah Bullard, Alabama Scholastic Press Association email newsletter
Faculty Adviser of Student Publication, Station or Site
1st: Johnny Stevens and Bill Rowan, Badger Television, Spring Hill College